NewportConnection

class asgard_alignment.NewportMotor.NewportConnection(serial_port: str, resource_manager: ResourceManager)

Bases: object

A class to handle the connection to the newport motors One per controller

Attributes Summary

SERIAL_BAUD
SERIAL_TERMIN

Methods Summary

close_connection()	Close the connection to the motor
open_connection(resource_manager)	resource_manager : pyvisa.ResourceManager object (to avoid constructing it many times)
query_str(str_to_write)	Send a query through serial and return the response
write_str(str_to_write)	Write a string through serial and do not expect anything to be returned

Attributes Documentation

SERIAL_BAUD = 921600

SERIAL_TERMIN = '\r\n'

Methods Documentation

close_connection()

Close the connection to the motor

open_connection(resource_manager: ResourceManager)

resource_manager : pyvisa.ResourceManager object (to avoid constructing it many times)

query_str(str_to_write)

Send a query through serial and return the response

Parameters:

str_to_write: str

The string to write to the serial port

Returns:

return_str: str

The string returned from the serial port

write_str(str_to_write)

Write a string through serial and do not expect anything to be returned

Parameters:

str_to_write: str

The string to write to the serial port

SERIAL_BAUD = 921600

SERIAL_TERMIN = '\r\n'

close_connection()

Close the connection to the motor

open_connection(resource_manager: ResourceManager)

resource_manager : pyvisa.ResourceManager object (to avoid constructing it many times)

query_str(str_to_write)

Send a query through serial and return the response

Parameters:

str_to_write: str

The string to write to the serial port

Returns:

return_str: str

The string returned from the serial port

write_str(str_to_write)

Write a string through serial and do not expect anything to be returned

Parameters:

str_to_write: str

The string to write to the serial port